Acrochaetium candelabrum Børgesen, 1942b: 8–10, figs. 1, 2 (type locality: Tamarin Bay, Mauritius).—Papenfuss, 1947a: 435.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mauritius.
Note: According to Stegenga & Kemperman (1983: 71), Acrochaetium candelabrum is probably a taxonomic synonym of A. ryukyuense (Nakamura) Papenfuss (1945: 307) (Rhodochorton ryukyuense Nakamura, 1941: 275–278, figs. 2, 3; type locality: Naha, Ryukyu-retto, Japan), applicable to a species not reported from the Indian Ocean.